The economic benefit of pomegranate planting is considerable.

A few years ago we promoted pomegranate cultivation here, but later it failed because of poor management. Pomegranates are particularly afraid of freezing damage, planting must strengthen prevention.

According to the general family management model, it is most reasonable to plant 5 mu pomegranate trees.

1, tree species investment: pomegranate trees are mostly planted in the form of shrubs, so the plant spacing is wider. About 80 trees are planted on one mu of land, about 5 yuan for a pomegranate sapling, 400 yuan for one mu of saplings and 2000 yuan for 5 mu of land.

2. Management cost: about 300 yuan of chemical fertilizer per mu per year, 5 mu totaling about 1500 yuan per year; about 100 yuan of pesticide cost for managing one mu of pomegranate tree, about 500 yuan for 5 mu of land, about 200 yuan for other miscellaneous water and electricity charges, and about 1000 yuan for 5 mu. According to comprehensive calculation, the annual management cost of 5 mu of land is about 11000 yuan.

The method of pomegranate cultivation with high benefit

Suitable environment for expanding production Pomegranates have formed strong ecological adaptability due to long-term semi-cultivation and semi-wild state, regardless of soil, drought resistance, barren tolerance, storage and transportation, even without any management, they have certain yield. This characteristic provides a larger development area for the development of pomegranate.

The ultimate low temperature that pomegranate tree can endure is-16℃. When the temperature drops below-17℃, some branches on the ground appear serious freezing injury or even the whole plant dies. In the areas with low temperatures below-16℃ in history, attention should be paid to winter cold. Development outside suitable cultivation areas should be cautious, mainly considering the impact of low temperature in winter, not blindly introducing.

The main points of pomegranate production and development: First, we should choose the terrace on the south slope of the sunny mountain, and there are mountains and forests to block the cold current in the northwest. We should plant pomegranate in the inversion zone at the foot of the mountain to prevent freezing damage. Second, it is necessary to make use of shallow mountains, hills, plain wasteland and beach land to develop pomegranate production to increase income, which not only opens up a way to become rich for old, few, marginal and poor areas, but also improves land utilization rate, maintains ecological stability of water and soil, achieves the purpose of sustainable land use and realizes sustainable agricultural development. Third, intensive and efficient orchards should be developed, pomegranate production should be developed in plain agricultural areas with convenient transportation and fertile soil and in urban suburbs, advanced intensive cultivation techniques should be adopted, planting should bear fruit in 3 years and entering high yield period in 5 years.

Introducing improved varieties to improve market competitiveness and newly developing pomegranate gardens and large commodity bases must ensure the establishment of improved varieties. For the low-yielding and inferior trees in pomegranate production, it is necessary to renew them as soon as possible by means of high grafting and replacement of seeds, planting of fine varieties and young trees between rows, etc. Some production areas lack relatively good varieties, can consider introduction, the same latitude, the same ecological area, north tree south easy to introduce success. Orchard construction, especially large-scale orchards, should pay attention to variety collocation, with 1 main variety and 1~2 matching varieties.

Scientific cultivation improves yield. At present, more than 60% of fruit trees in some pomegranate producing areas in China are not bearing fruit, among which there are newly planted young trees and some poor fruit trees due to poor management. Therefore, it is necessary to popularize high-yield cultivation techniques of pomegranate, strengthen fertilizer and water management, do a good job in shaping and pruning, and popularize artificial pollination and flower thinning and fruit preservation techniques. Pay attention to pest control, promote young trees to put into production early, adult trees stable and high yield.

Create brand to improve commodity value Many pomegranate production areas in China have been famous in history, such as Shaanxi Qian County ()"imperial pomegranate" because Emperor Taizong and Empress Zhangsun like to eat named; Shandong Zaozhuang soft seed pomegranate and crystal sugar seed pomegranate was selected as Jin Jing tribute; Henan Kaifeng Fan Village pomegranate in the 1970s was exported to Japan; Yunnan Huize Yanshuihe pomegranate from 1972 to 1978 has also been exported to Hong Kong and Macao. At present, pomegranate in the world fruit market mainly comes from Iran, Israel and other Middle Eastern countries. Iran produces 600,000 tons of pomegranate annually, which is the main fruit and export foreign exchange earning product of the country. In recent years, the production of pomegranate in China has developed rapidly, actively guiding each producing area to create its own fine brand; improving packaging, storage and transportation technology, improving commodity quality, and opening up international and domestic markets with high-quality brand pomegranate.

The juice yield of pomegranate seeds is generally 87%~91%, sugar content is 10.11%~12.49%, acid content is 0.16%~0.40%, while acid pomegranate varieties are 2.14%~5.30%, vitamin C content is more than 11mg/100g, in addition to phosphorus, calcium, iron and other mineral elements. Therefore, pomegranate in addition to fresh food, can be processed into high-grade cool drinks and pomegranate wine. According to the latest Israeli research found that pomegranate and its products contain anti-aging, prevention of atherosclerosis and heart disease and slow down the process of cancer high levels of antioxidants, pomegranate wine, pomegranate juice are beneficial to the human body. It is suggested that while developing pomegranate production and building bases, deep processing of pomegranate can also be considered to achieve value-added efficiency. Pomegranates must be planted in the early stage of investigation, suitable for local climate, soil, traffic and other factors, can be planted.